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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II (458-469).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Socrates uses the comparison: medicine is to gymnastics as justice is to ______.
(a) Socrates.
(b) Soul.
(c) Prison.
(d) Legislation.

2. According to Socrates, what is the key ingredient in determining who a person becomes?
(a) How they are raised.
(b) How much money they have.
(c) What evil they are exposed to.
(d) What they know.

3. Why does Socrates regard Gorgias' answers as useful?
(a) Because he understands rhetoric now.
(b) Because he is well educated.
(c) Because they are precise.
(d) Because they are unique.

4. Why does Socrates have a low regard for Sophists?
(a) They have little influence.
(b) They actively harm.
(c) They are not concerned with justice.
(d) They are too afraid of knowledge.

5. According to Socrates, what do politics preside over?
(a) Body.
(b) Beliefs.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of a result does Socrates believe any action taken must intend to elicit?

2. Who does Socrates see professions influencing?

3. Socrates believes to learn rhetoric, what must one also learn?

4. What description of rhetoric is Gorgias supposed to provide?

5. Gorgias describes good rhetoric as delivering a response in what way?

(see the answer key)

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